Facebook Timeline - Hide all posts from Timeline?

[streetster]

I may be being stupid but im struggling to see the problem? you have done 6 years worth of posts that your friends could see at the time, but now they have access to them again you don't want them to see the posts?

Likewise... and why not just de-friend anyone that you dont consider a friend, have a purge

[g8ina]

and when you purge, put a post on yer wall saying if u can read this you have survived the cull - makes yer friends think they are special

[Marcos]

I may be being stupid but im struggling to see the problem? you have done 6 years worth of posts that your friends could see at the time, but now they have access to them again you don't want them to see the posts?

I used to have FB set up so that only 50 or so friend were on a close friends list and they were the only ones that could see my full profile and everyone else got a limited profile. (You know, all the people that you sort of want to keep in contact with but they dont need to know that you're putting on a party or something)

Now, Facebook has given me only 2 options, let everyone see everything or have nobody see anything.


That's such an obvious and stupid step backwards, what incompetence on FB's behalf. I understand that decision probably has to do with FB mining data blah blah to which I say **** ****.

[Output]

This Greasemonkey script looks like it may help: Facebook Timeline Cleaner

[Whiternoise]

1. Went through and deleted my entire wall history (yep, it took around 4 hours), then went through and deleted all my messages (though not much use of that because Facebook stores a copy for the other person).

2. Removed permissions for people to post on my wall

3. Disabled my friend list (even to friends)

4. Revoked all application permissions, the few like Flickr/Lightroom that I had

5. Detagged myself in virtually everything except the few pictures I approve of

6. Relax

Why? I'm happy to use Facebook as a tool for university stuff, various organisations I'm involved with and of course as a stalking/"look who I'm better than" platform. I'm not comfortable with the notion that in 30 years if Facebook is still around, I'll be able to look back through my history at all the stuff I did. My life is reasonably boring, but I know plenty of people who will probably have kids at some stage and I bet to God they don't want them looking at their history.

If you want to contact me, you can send me a message: don't send it for everyone to see.

And I still haven't been shoved to Timeline yet, I think because you need to accept an application that forces it?

TL;DR - Take the weekend off and do what you have to do, you'll regret it if you don't in 10 years time.

[TooNice]

I hear that FB is gradually forcing Timeline onto users even without their consent. Hasn't happened to me yet and I am not looking forward to it :/

[Platinum]

Wow, For me I only post what I don't mind the people I have on my friends list seeing, works well for me, seems like some of you may put some really personal stuff on there?

[Marcos]

1. Went through and deleted my entire wall history (yep, it took around 4 hours), then went through and deleted all my messages (though not much use of that because Facebook stores a copy for the other person).

2. Removed permissions for people to post on my wall

3. Disabled my friend list (even to friends)

4. Revoked all application permissions, the few like Flickr/Lightroom that I had

5. Detagged myself in virtually everything except the few pictures I approve of

6. Relax

Why? I'm happy to use Facebook as a tool for university stuff, various organisations I'm involved with and of course as a stalking/"look who I'm better than" platform. I'm not comfortable with the notion that in 30 years if Facebook is still around, I'll be able to look back through my history at all the stuff I did. My life is reasonably boring, but I know plenty of people who will probably have kids at some stage and I bet to God they don't want them looking at their history.

If you want to contact me, you can send me a message: don't send it for everyone to see.

And I still haven't been shoved to Timeline yet, I think because you need to accept an application that forces it?

TL;DR - Take the weekend off and do what you have to do, you'll regret it if you don't in 10 years time.

4 hours :-/

This is so silly, this whole situation is so daft, just because some idiot at FB flipped a switched that disabled the privacy settings configured on the friends lists.

[Marcos]

Wow, For me I only post what I don't mind the people I have on my friends list seeing, works well for me, seems like some of you may put some really personal stuff on there?

Well, its like this, I have my close friends that I have banter with, 50 or so, and then there is 400 other people i know and keep in touch with that I dont want seeing the banter. In the past, you'd just have 2 friend sub-lists set up, 1 that can see banter, 1 that can see limited profile. Now, the CLOWNS at facebook have forced everyone to have to bare everything to everybody on the friends list.

This wouldnt be so bad if the Acquaintances option did what it says on the tin, but it doesnt. Acquaintances can too look at your entire FB history.

[Marcos]

This Greasemonkey script looks like it may help: Facebook Timeline Cleaner

This looks promising!

[Platinum]

Switch to Google Plus?

[Macman]

I've set-up my Fb where my photos can only be seen by Friends and Family only. If someone is to post on my wall, it can only be seen by myself.

[Macman]

Alternatively:

[jimbouk]

Turn off posting to your wall/timeline. Everything 'Me only' as a privacy option. Purge content (mostly events and the odd post) every month. Double check that everything is still set to 'Me only' every couple of months as they have a habit of new features being public as default. Ah the joys of social networking. It is a useful tool to have so you can get in touch with people you don't regularly contact and for organising get-togethers with lose groups of friends, but it is a bit of a pain.

[Marcos]

I've set-up my Fb where my photos can only be seen by Friends and Family only. If someone is to post on my wall, it can only be seen by myself.

Yeah I have that for any new stuff, but my rant is about FB has done to my 6 years of history, setting it to be visible to all my friends by default :-/